John Forster
1725 - 1789 (64 years)-
Name John Forster [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 1725 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
[4, 5, 7] Gender Male DAR Number A041667 [5] Will 19 Feb 1776 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [8] Appraised Inventory for will of Robert Montgomery Military Abt 1778 Pennsylvania, USA [5, 9] Burial 1789 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 7] - Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard
Death Sep 1789 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 5, 7] - Lower Paxton
Notes - Born in Antrim or born in PA?
Person ID I4750 MontyHistNotes_III Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Father John Forster, b. 1668, England d. Bef 1749, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 80 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Chambers, b. 1675, England d. Between 1725 and 1728, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 50 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1700 Northern Ireland Family ID F3089 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah Family ID F3092 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Family 2 Catherine Dickey, b. 1738, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Nov 1804, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years) Marriage 16 May 1762 [7] Children > 1. Colonel Thomas Forster, Sr, b. 16 May 1762, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Jun 1836, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Dorcas Forster, b. 1764, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Apr 1826, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Mary Forster, b. 1767, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Aug 1810 (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. General John Forster, b. 17 Sep 1777, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 May 1863, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 5. Margaret Bell Forster, b. 1780, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Jan 1835, Mill Creek, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F3090 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
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Birth - 1725 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Will - Appraised Inventory for will of Robert Montgomery - 19 Feb 1776 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Military - Abt 1778 - Pennsylvania, USA 
Burial - 1789 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Death - Sep 1789 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S753] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_BioMosesDickey, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series, Volume I, Notes and Quiries XXXVI, Page 250Biographical information about Moses Dickey.
- [S694] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_ForsterThomas, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series Vol I, Notes and Queries XLVI, Pages 326-327.
- [S55] Maring, Don, Email from Don Maring 2010 Apr 28, (Name: Location: Maple Glen, PA; Date: 28 Apr 2010;;), Don Maring discusses Forsters and Dickeys. He also discusses familyof Robert Montgomery and Sarah of Ballymore, Armagh.
- [S41] Kelker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania_MontBio, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Volume III, Pages 538-541 Volume I, Chapter X, The Newspapers Volume III, Pages 549-551 and 673-675 Forster Family.
- [S754] DAR Ancestor A041667, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), John Forster.
- [S755] SAR Application 18950, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), John Forster.
- [S39] Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA;), cemtery.interment.pdf Suburb also called Paxtang Also known as Old Paxtang Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery.
- [S40] Maring, Don, Genforum Discussion posted by Don Maring, (Name: Location: Rootsweb; Date: 17 Aug 2008;;), Notes about the inventory for estate of Robert Montgomery, died 1776,included by Don Maring in a website posting on other topics.
- [S433] American Revolutionary War, (Date: 1775-1783;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.
- [S753] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_BioMosesDickey, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series, Volume I, Notes and Quiries XXXVI, Page 250Biographical information about Moses Dickey.